Modern History PYQ 485 of 709 · Communal Award and Poona Pact

The All India Depressed Classes League was founded by:

  1. AM. Jyotiba Phule
  2. BBabu Jagjivan Ram
  3. CN. S. Kajrolkar
  4. DDr. B. R. Ambedkar

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Correct answer: (b) Babu Jagjivan Ram

Explanation

Babu Jagjivan Ram (1908–1986) of Bihar founded the All India Depressed Classes League in 1935 to work for the social and political rights of the depressed classes, within the national movement. He later became India's first Labour Minister, the longest-serving Union Cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister (1977–79).

B. R. Ambedkar founded other bodies: the Bahishkrit Hitakarini Sabha (1924), the Independent Labour Party (1936) and the Scheduled Castes Federation (1942).

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